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Re: Newly Diagnosed
From: Beth (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 17 May 2003 16:51:35 -0500 (CDT)
Hi Tami
Thanks for replying, I agree there is so much inforamtion it is hard to
sort through. Wow, you are on a very low calorie diet. That seems
almost too low to maintain but if it is working great! What about the
Atkins Diet? I am planning on waiting to get my labs this upcoming
Friday and then proceeding with an endocrinologist. My sugar runs low
not sure about my testosterone yet. Hopefully my doctor can give me
some additional info on friday with my labs, I know I can get my cycles
to come back but I am very concerned about myself metabolically. My
weight concerns me and my lack of energy and the effects all of this wil
have on my health in a few years, I am trying to look at the big
picture! Definitely let me know about the herbs, thanks for the info.
Elizabeth
At Sat, 17 May 2003, tammy wrote:
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>Hi. My name is Tammy and I am 35. I was diagnosed a month ago with PCOS. I
>have 3 children, with the last being 20 months. I went off the pill to try
>to get pregnant, and within two weeks, my hair started falling out. Maybe
>100+ hairs a day. I did gain weight and had no energy. Didn't want to do
>anything. I started back on yasnim 28 birth control, I am on a 900-1000
>calorie diet a day, with limiting my carbs to no more than 50 per meal, I
>drink at least 80 ounces of water a day, no pop, no cofee, and I try to walk
>at least 2 mile every other day. I have done all of this for a month and
>have lost 12lbs. My hair falling out has slowed down to maybe 20 hairs a
>day. It use to fall out like crazy in the shower or sink. Scary. I too, have
>been told that if I lose the weight, that that will lower the insulin
>levels. Did you have a high testosterone count. I did. The pill is suppose
>to regulate the hormones and level everything off. I have not had any
>unusual hair growth. Thank goodness. I try to find out whatever I can on the
>subject, but it is hard to sort all the info out. So far I have had good
>luck with what I have been doing. Oh I also take coral calcium, and have
>been told that some herbs do help. I have to meet with the lady on the herbs
>in a few weeks. I you are interested in that I can get back with you. Tammy
>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Beth" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>To: "Multiple recipients of list PCOS-MEDICATION"
><pcos-medication@mail.medispecialty.com>
>Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 10:32 AM
>Subject: Newly Diagnosed
>
>> Hello
>> I am 31 yrs old and was just diganosd yesterday with PCOS. I have 2
>> children, no problems with conceiving and just in the last 3 months have
>> had menstrual irregularites(no periods). I have been on the internet
>> reading and luckily I work in pharmaceutical research so I have a lot of
>> co-workers that are providing me with some info. Basically I have 2
>> questions. I was just dx yesterday and my ob/gyn is awaiting my lab
>> results for confirmation. I have facial hair growth, weight gain, and
>> lack of energy. I am wondering how difficult it will be to find a doc
>> that will prescribe Metformin for me, I have been on a low carb/low fat
>> daily diet for a few years with no success and I belong to a gym where I
>> do a combination of cardio and weight training 3-4 times per week, I
>> have only been able to lose at the most 10 pounds since the birth of my
>> second child 3 yrs ago. Recently I am gaining weight. I have been
>> researching endocrinologists in my area and thinking I shpould just
>> start with them since this is truly a metabolic disorder. My ob/gyn put
>> me on provera and I know that will bring my period back but I want to
>> fix the true disorder. Another question I have is whether or not the
>> American Diabetic Diet would be worth trying, although probably very
>> similar to what I have been doing for 2 yrs. Any thoughts? I did not
>> mean to ramble, I just need help. I want to get my energy back and get
>> rid of this excess weight and put myself back on track for a long
>> healthy life. Thanks for listening any feedback wold be great!
>>
>> Elizabeth
>>
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